>> p.s. Although I had updated the markdown version (in its info.rkt), I >> had _not_ updated the required version of it (in frog's info.rkt). My >> thinking was, frog doesn't require the newer version to build >> correctly. However maybe I should update it, since the newer version >> is highly desirable. But even if I had done so, I'm not sure that >> `raco pkg update frog` would have updated without --update-deps. > It would have, because you couldn't have installed the new frog > without the update.
OK I see, because update ~= remove + install. > (It probably would not have done it automatically > though, it would use a dialog.) That's fine. I didn't mean force it without user consent. > How could the user have "needed" to update the dependency but Frog > doesn't actually require the features of new dependency? In what sense > was it "needed"? In response to my "I can't think of a situation" you raise with your own "I can't think of a situation". Well played sir. :) The updated markdown parser is more likely to handle some corner cases than the old one, e.g. being less finicky about requiring a blank line after some element. I had updated Frog to be able to use the new version and give those improved results, but still be compatible with the older version. I guess my thinking was, the newer parser was such a huge redesign, I wanted the safety net of someone being able to revert to the older version (at least temporarily). So that's why I bumped the ver on the markdown, but not the ver for frog's dep on it. Probably I over-thunk it. And the new parser seems solid so far. As a result, I should just bump frog's own version, and bump the version of markdown it requires. And then all will be well. As for the general question: I think you're saying that with the status quo `raco pkg update <x>`, if an installed dep is older than required, it will install the very latest version (perhaps newer than required), otherwise it will do nothing? Whereas with --update-deps it does the equivalent of an individual `raco pkg update <dep>` on every dep transitively, so you'll end up with the very latest of everything? ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
